Bracket for subsidiary shelving.



No. 704,957. Patented sul I5. 1902.

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(Application med 1hr.- 16, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILEY G. CROOM, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO WILLIAMF. KEAN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BRACKET FOR SUBSIDIARY SHELVING.

SPECIFICATION, forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 704,957, dated. my 15,1902.

Application filed March 16, 1902. Serial No. 98,335. (NomodeL) I To allwhom it ntosy concern.-

Be it known that I, WILEY G. GnooM,

r the city of Memphis, inthe county of Shelby and State of Tennessee,have invented certain Improvements in Brackets for Subsidiary Shelving,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bracket whereby additionalshelf-roonr may be easily and cheaply obtained in stores and variousother places, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which---Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the construction and use ofthe present invention.

of the improved bracket. A 7

Referring now to the drawings, 1 is an ordinary stationary shelf towhich the improved bracket is applied. The improved bracket consists ofthe horizontalbar 2, which fits against the under side of the stationaryshelf 1. 3 is a similar horizontal bar upon which the subsidiary shelf4. rests, and its position is considerably in advanceof the one 2. Theends of the bar 3 are connected to those of the one 2 by means of theangular bars 5 and 6, and the device is strengthenedby thevertical bar7, which,with}th'e ones 2 alndd'forms Fig. 2 is a geometrical side view,illustrating a modification in the construction ary shelf, the verticalbar 7 is continued above the horizontal bar 2 and provided with .thebackwardly-extending lug 12, which rests on the stationary shelf "'1 andis secured to the said shelf by means of an ordinary screw, as shown inFig. 1, or the'said lug may be situated a suitabledistance above thestationary shelf, as shown in; Fig. 12," and provided with a thumb-screw13, having a loose cap 14:, which is substituted for the ordinary screwshown in Fig. 1. This latter construction al lows of the employment of astandard'bracket adapted for use in connection with shelves difieringsomewhat in thickness, whereas in the first construction the bracketwould only be applicable to shelves of one thickness without somechange, such as reducing the thickness of the shelf at the place coveredby the lug-if the shelf is too thick or by inserting under the lug asuitable liner if the shelf is thinner than the space between the bar 2and the under surface of'the lug.'

In practice asufficient number of the improved brackets are used toproperly sup port the subsidiary shelf and articles placed thereon;

I claim as my inventiom- A bracket to be used in subsidiary shelv= ing,which consists of a horizontal bar adapted for application to the underside of a sta tionary or main shelf, provided with a supporting-1n gwhich extends over the upper side of the said shelf, combined with asecond horizontal bar situated below and forward of the first, tosustain a subsidiary shelf, angular bars which connect the rear and theforward ends, respectively, of the horizontal bars, and a vertical barwhich unites the forward end of the upper horizontal bar with'the rearend of the lower one, substantially as specified. w

W'ILEY- G. OROQM.

Witnesses:

Guns. 0. WELLF'ORD,

J. W. SMITH.

